All subdued synonyms
sub·dued
S s verb subdued
- demilitarized — Declared free of all military activity.
- housebroke — Simple past form of housebreak.
- counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.
- euphemized — Simple past tense and past participle of euphemize.
- domiciliated — to domicile.
- whomped — Simple past tense and past participle of whomp.
- homesteaded — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- outrivaled — Simple past tense and past participle of outrival.
- enchained — Simple past form of enchain.
adj subdued
- long-faced — having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
- muffled — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
- austere — If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- housebroken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
- low — to utter by or as by lowing.
- chaste — If you describe a person or their behaviour as chaste, you mean that they do not have sex with anyone, or they only have sex with their husband or wife.
- homelike — like or suggestive of home; familiar; warmly comfortable.
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- clear-headed — If you describe someone as clear-headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- mopy — languishing, listless, droopy, or glum.
- in charge — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- low key — of reduced intensity; restrained; understated.
- in check — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
- low-key — of reduced intensity; restrained; understated.
- inhibited — overly restrained.
adjective subdued
- muted — silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
- whist — Chiefly Irish. silence: Hold your whist.
- forbearant — Forbearing.
- nonresistant — not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
- nonresisting — Unresisting; without resistance.
- faint — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- hushful — Full of, pervaded by, or characteristic of stillness or silence; tending to hush to rest.
- deflated — having lost confidence, hope, or optimism
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- esthetic — Alternative spelling of aesthetic.